Fingers of crossing

Hearing what Yan Yilan said, Jiang Ning suppressed the smile on her face. She reached out to take off the mask, and saw that Yan Yilan had turned and walked forward.

Unable to understand what Yan Yilan was thinking at the moment, Jiang Ningzui stood there watching her for a long time before slowly following her.

Lin'an City has always been full of businessmen and businessmen, and today it is even more lively because of the festive season. The two of them walked side by side. Jiang Ningzui found many people going to a temple along the way, most of them were young people. , Jiang Ningzui couldn't help but glanced a few more times, feeling a little curious.

Following Jiang Ningzui's eyes, Yan Yilan raised her head to look at the temple, her eyes suddenly filled with interest, and said: "Yunling Temple is full of incense all the year round, and the lottery is always successful." Yan Yilan said , the voice paused, and the eyes looking at Jiang Ningzui also showed a hint of amusement. "Especially marriage."

No wonder the people who come and go in the temple are young men and women. It turns out that it is because of this reason.Jiang Ningzui thought about it, seeing that Yan Yilan had already dragged her to the temple, she hesitated in her heart, she had already followed Yan Yilan into the temple.

There is a month-old statue in the middle of the temple. Seeing Jiang Ningzui staring at the statue of Yue Lao, Yan Yilan couldn't help jokingly said, "Since you're here, why don't you just ask for a lottery."

Jiang Ningzui, as a modern person, would not believe such nonsense that marriage is determined by fate, but she saw the devout appearances of men and women around her out of the corner of her eye, and saw that Yan Yilan had turned around and brought the sticks from the incense table. After struggling secretly for a while, I finally took out a lottery from inside.

Before Jiang Ningzui had time to read the words on the signature carefully, Yan Yilan sneered and said, "What kind of method is this?"

Hearing that Yan Yilan was making fun of herself, Jiang Ningzui ignored her and just looked up at her indifferently, "Aren't you going to ask for one?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Yilan glanced at the young men and women who sincerely knelt in front of the old moon statue, shook her head with disgust and said, "Too stupid."

"..." Jiang Ningzui silently looked at the lottery in her hand, remembering that Yan Yilan had suggested that she ask for a lottery just now, after thinking about it like this, she felt even more uncomfortable.Raising her head and giving Yan Yilan a cold look, Jiang Ningzui deeply felt that she had been tricked again.The more I thought about it, the more annoyed and ashamed I became, and I stopped talking to Yan Yilan who was hated no matter what, Jiang Ningzui took out the lottery that was drawn just now.It was a draw, but I couldn't tell whether it was good or bad. She lowered her head and silently scanned the words engraved on it, and the light in her eyes slowly froze.

False and false, dreaming like a dream, dying yesterday, living today.Half-life is doomed in a few days, and the marriage is beyond words.

Jiang Ningzui put the lottery in her hand into the lottery holder with a blank expression, then glanced at Yan Yilan, her clear eyes shone slightly, and said, "Since you are here, please ask for one too."

It was rare for Jiang Ningzui to be so persistent, Yan Yilan raised her eyebrows and looked at her with a funny face, finally took the stick with her persistent expression, put her hands together to hold the bamboo stick in the stick, she kept shaking it, and after a while, the stick A lot fell out of the box, and she bent over to pick it up without interest, and looked down nonchalantly.

A glass of sake is sent by the cold wind, the night is dim, and the figure is solitary.This is the fate of the lone star of Tiansha, but the love cannot end.

It is under the sign.Jiang Ningzui also saw the annotation on the signature at this moment, her brows were unconsciously frowned, as if she was hit hard by something in her heart, she looked up at Yan Yilan with a complicated expression, but she saw that Yan Yilan's expression was also the same. Leng, then she put back the bamboo stick, shook the lottery tube with both hands, and said: "There are so many nonsense, it's probably because I'm not sincere enough."

After all, Yan Yilan shook the lottery tube, thinking about rolling out a lucky lottery, so she ignored Jiang Ningzui's weird expression, seeing the lottery in the lottery tube was about to fall, Yan Yilan suddenly heard Someone stopped her from behind, she turned her head and saw the lottery interpreter from the temple coming up, she shook her head and persuaded, "Since the girl knows that asking for a lottery requires sincerity, she must also understand that God's will cannot be violated, so why insist on forcing it?"

When Yan Yilan heard this, she smiled and said: "I never believed in fate, and I don't really know what it means to be so willed by God. I only believe that things are caused by man."

The person who solved the lottery was choked by Yan Yilan for a moment, he shook his head, most likely, in his eyes, Yan Yilan was just a troublemaker who had no intention of asking for a lottery and was looking for trouble, and seemed to want to persuade Yan Yilan a little more However, Jiang Ningzui is very clear about her temperament, but Jiang Ningzui knows it clearly. If anyone tries to reason in front of her, she will only be swayed back to the original point in a few words.

Thinking about it this way, Jiang Ningzui interrupted before the lottery could speak, "There are so many people in the temple, let's go out."

Yan Yilan always kept in mind that she wanted to draw a lottery, but when she heard Jiang Ningzui saying that she was going to leave, she turned her head to look at her and asked, "Are you bored?"

"You and I don't believe in fate, and we are always incompatible with this place." Jiang Ningzui's words were not just nonsense, the scene at their side has already attracted many people to watch secretly, probably among these young people , they are all ungodly heterogeneous. "It's better to leave as soon as possible, so as not to waste time."

I thought that Jiang Ningzui might still be a sincere person, but I didn't expect her true nature to be exposed in just a few words. Turned around and walked away.It is useless to say more than to say otherwise.

Although Yan Yilan didn't care much about the gazes of others, she nodded when she heard what Jiang Ningzui said, and followed her out of Yunling Temple.

After leaving the temple, Jiang Ningzui saw that the broad street was just the beginning of the lights, the bustling scene accompanied by the brilliant lights dazzled her eyes, the long street was full of crowded people, Jiang Ningzui was a little at a loss, Suddenly, she felt Yan Yilan hold her back, and walked towards the carriage waiting outside the temple.

Sitting in the carriage, all the glitz outside was blocked, Jiang Ningzui turned her head and glanced at Yan Yilan who was half leaning on the carriage, and couldn't help but think of the lottery just now, and a trace of complicated things crossed her mind unconsciously. Emotions.

The carriage moved slowly, interrupting Jiang Ningzui's contemplation. She looked at the bustling street outside along the blown curtain, and asked, "Where are you going?"

Seemingly feeling that Jiang Ningzui's question was a little redundant, Yan Yilan glanced at her sleepily, her voice also showing listlessness. "Of course to see the lanterns."

Feeling depressed, Jiang Ningzui couldn't express her true feelings at this moment, her expression towards the window faded, and the bright lights couldn't warm the indifference on her face at this moment. "Actually, I don't like lanterns."

Yan Yilan glanced at Jiang Ningzui with a half-smile, then sneered softly, unable to tell whether it was pleasure or teasing: "When did you become so awkward?"

"..." Holding her breath in her chest, Jiang Ningzui turned her head and looked at her silently, suddenly felt that she couldn't explain, and even the thought of explaining more was gone.

As long as she is still living in the shadow of the princess, she will never have the right to defend herself, not at the beginning, and never again in the future.

Jiang Ningzui was full of thoughts in his heart, and his face became more and more silent, as if he didn't want to stay with Yan Yilan for a moment, as soon as the carriage stopped, Jiang Ningzui lifted the curtain first, and walked down first carriage.

The carriage stopped under the stone arch bridge, Jiang Ningzui looked up at the endless stream of people on the bridge, and then looked down at the river lanterns floating on the river. Like a galaxy full of stars, the river lantern moves slowly on the water surface, shattering the starlight all over the place, fleeting like a fleeting shadow.

Probably everything in the world cannot escape this fate, and all the good things can never be kept.

Jiang Ningzui concentrated silently until Yan Yilan slowly came to her side and stood shoulder to shoulder with her.All the bustling sights and bustling sounds disappeared one after another, Jiang Ningzui didn't want to think about anything at this moment, she just wanted to use all her strength to remember the moment when she and Yan Yilan existed together.She turned her head to look at Yan Yilan, the faint light of the river lamp and the sparkling water surface made her delicate side face extraordinarily soft, neither ostentatious nor coquettish, and even faded a little bit of her inherent imposing manner, But Jiang Ningzui felt that she was more amazing than ever.

"It is said that the river lantern can float to the place that people miss most, whether it is the end of the world or the end of the world."

Yan Yilan looked at the endless Quhe River, and the river lights covered with dim yellow light drifted away one by one, some of them were floating on the bank and stagnated. She looked at it, then squatted down, and patted to the surface so that they can swim down the water.Her sleeves are wide, and they quickly get wet after sweeping across the water. The crimson clothes are like flames rising from the river, reflecting her sideways as brightly as blood. I don't know what she thought of, but the expression in her phoenix eyes is deep. Quiet and blurred.

But after being absent-minded for a moment, Yan Yilan immediately came back to her senses, turned her head to Jiang Ningzui and smiled, "Don't you want to try?"

"It's too far." Jiang Ningzui looked at the swaying river with an expression of indifference and confusion that had never been seen before. "I can't even go to the place I care about."

It is really too far.The world she was thinking about, the family she missed all the time, probably she would never see her again in her whole life.

When Yan Yilan heard this, she didn't force herself too much. Just as she was about to speak, fireworks were suddenly set off in the sky, and the entire Lin'an City erupted.

The fireworks exploded rumblingly in the sky, and it was colorful in an instant. Yan Yilan saw Jiang Ningzui still facing the direction of the river in a silent trance, her dark and bright eyes were as calm as a lake without the slightest waves, clean but deep. end.For some reason, Yan Yilan felt that although Jiang Ningzui's eyes were so indifferent that there was no emotion, there seemed to be tender words in them.

He casually picked up a river lantern parked on the bank, the weak candlelight illuminated Yan Yilan's face yellowish, under the halo was an expression hesitating to speak.

"Have you never been curious about what happened before you fell into the river?" Putting the river lantern in her hand on the river again, the smile on Yan Yilan's face was vacillating, just like her thoughts. fathom. "Ningzui, do you want to know?"

Jiang Ningzui was stunned, she took a deep breath, and slowly turned her eyes to look at Yan Yilan, a string that had been tense in her heart became more and more straightened, her expression was still calm, but there was a gleam in her clear eyes. There are shallow ripples.Jiang Ningzui didn't speak, saying anything at this moment was superfluous, besides, she didn't know what to say, the answer she had been searching for for a long time was finally revealed in person, but she didn't have the slightest surprise or expectation.

She had faintly felt that Yan Yilan's answer would lead her farther and farther to a place where she could never recover.

Yan Yilan turned her back to Jiang Ningzui, with a smile on her lips, and after a closer look, she realized that it was full of loneliness and helplessness.Stretching out her hand to flick the river lanterns on the water, watching them drift away one by one, Yan Yilan's voice was steady and silent: "I was the one who got involved with you back then." As she spoke, she suddenly felt her throat dry. Even the words she spoke became hoarse, as if she felt that such a self was too ridiculous, she sneered in a low voice. "I clearly know that you love the prince deeply, but I still forcibly possess you."

As Yan Yilan said, she stood up slowly, her eyes fixed on Jiang Ningzui's body, her face was indifferent and silent.Just like what she said, ruthless and decisive.

The solid line of defense in her heart collapsed in an instant, and Jiang Ningzui suddenly felt that the bottom of her heart was sinking. It didn't hurt, but it made people feel helpless and hopeless unexpectedly.Facing Yan Yilan's frankness and honesty, Jiang Ningzui couldn't tell whether she should be happy or sad for a while.

"I know." Jiang Ningzui maintained her last rationality and calmness, all emotions flashed across her face and disappeared without a trace.Of course she knew, she knew from the very beginning that the person who took possession of her back then was Yan Yilan, never the prince.

"The reason why I dote on you so much is only out of guilt." Yan Yilan's face was hidden in the shadows, and all expressions could not be seen clearly, but Jiang Ningzui could hear her voice without emotional ups and downs. It's crystal clear. "Because I never loved you."

Jiang Ningzui was stunned, the calmness on her face froze, and the flaws in her eyes became apparent little by little.Yan Yilan's words were more painful than humiliating her in public. It felt like Yan Yilan knew all of her thoughts long ago, but she didn't tell them or point them out, just like she had before All her actions were just waiting for this moment to reveal her thoughts to the world in public, so that everyone would laugh at her stupidity.

Jiang Ningzui's face was calm and indifferent, so no one knew the pain in her heart. "If you don't love it, why do you do it?"

"It was just a spur of the moment, an accident." Yan Yilan said lightly, the smile on the corner of her mouth was not serious at all, it was nothingness and unreal. "I have always been at odds with the crown prince. Even though you are the crown princess, it is indeed my fault for involving you in it."

Jiang Ningzui now fully understood what Yan Yilan meant, but she just wanted to tell herself that no matter how good she was to her, it was only because of the guilt and compensation in her heart, other than that, it had nothing to do with anything else.So Yan Yilan protected her everywhere in the palace, even risking her life to save her, all because of this guilt.

You see, what a cruel and merciless make-up.

"I understand what the eldest princess said." Jiang Ningzui's tone was cold, showing an inhuman alienation and indifference, and only she knew how she felt almost suffocated at this moment. "Also ask the eldest princess to take me back to the palace."

After Jiang Ningzui finished speaking, she turned and walked towards the carriage. Her back was extraordinarily cold under the bright night sky, and she always showed a stubborn taste.Yan Yilan looked at it silently, until Jiang Ningzui's figure got into the carriage, she still stood still, after a long time, a trace of unbearableness appeared in her eyes, and it melted into the night in a blink of an eye.

There was no words in the carriage on the way back. Jiang Ning's drunken long hair was blown by the cold wind outside the window, and her eyes and eyebrows were cold without any expression. Cold meaning.Every minute and every second of sitting next to Yan Yilan was a silent death sentence for her, and all the silent time seemed to be used to laugh at her.

Yan Yilan was just a whim, but she was really moved by it.And sincerity is what it is, if you insist on letting go of all your defenses for her, then how can you blame her for hurting you all over.Everything is voluntary, no one can blame others.

It was already late at night when we returned to Fengyi Palace, just as the carriage entered the Qiluan Palace, Qingfu immediately came up to her, and respectfully helped Jiang Ningzui to get down.

"Qingfu." Jiang Ningzui just stood still, and immediately turned her head to Qingfu and said: "Follow me back to the East Palace."

After hearing this, Qingfu didn't dare to make her own opinion. She lowered her head slightly, and looked towards Yan Yilan who hadn't left the carriage yet. She was secretly anxious. She didn't know why things happened so suddenly after only a few hours out of the palace. Something happened.

Yan Yilan must have heard these words, but she didn't respond. Bi Yuan waited for a while, and immediately understood Yan Yilan's silent attitude. She shook her head helplessly at Qingfu, implying that she Follow Jiang Ningzui's words.

Jiang Ningzui led Qingfu to walk outside the Qiluan Hall. When passing the carriage, she looked a little hesitant, and finally stopped, her indifferent face was covered with ice and snow, and it was difficult to find a trace of warmth.

"You saved me, so you don't owe me anything." Jiang Ningzui said, smiling coldly, full of cold taste. "From today on, my life and death has nothing to do with you."

In a word, it seems to freeze all the past.After Jiang Ningzui finished speaking, she turned and left without looking back.

"Your Highness." Seeing that Jiang Ningzui's figure disappeared, Biyuan reminded Yan Yilan.

Yan Yilan leaned on the carriage, her left hand firmly pressed the wound on her right shoulder, bursts of dull pain surged up uncontrollably, the damp smell mixed with the smell of blood permeated her shoulder, remembering what Jiang Ningzui said before With those words, her heart felt empty, and she felt tense for no reason.

Sneering very lightly, Yan Yilan's long and dense eyelashes covered her long and narrow phoenix eyes, casting a faint shadow.

For some things, she clearly expected the result, but she alone missed out on herself.The game she set up by herself is ridiculous because she lost herself in the end.

Probably really crazy.Thinking about it, Yan Yilan slowly closed her eyes, feeling exhausted.

The author has something to say: This chapter is actually a bit difficult to write, don’t ask me why, I don’t make it, roll around... (Hey, some people will probably ask if they want to blacken the eldest princess, no, she is not white at all, Then, this article never abused the crown princess but the eldest princess, pat on the shoulder, princess party don't have to worry.

Because I have been very busy recently, the update time is very short. This chapter is two chapters long. I feel that I am really hardworking. Come and praise me a hundred times and don’t stop.